#491D11#491D11

#491D11 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 29.3% C 0.071 H 36.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491D11
RGB	rgb(73, 29, 17)
HSL	hsl(13, 62%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(13, 77%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.3%, 76.7%, 71.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.16, 19.99, 18.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.16, 26.92, 42.05°)
OKLab	oklab(29.34% 0.0571 0.0418)
OKLCH	oklch(29.34% 0.071 36.2)
XYZ	xyz(3.2885, 2.3361, 0.8079)
Luminance	0.0234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491D11 #113D49

analogous

#491121 #491D11 #493911

triadic

#491D11 #11491D #1D1149

tetradic

#491D11 #214911 #113D49 #391149

square

#491D11 #214911 #113D49 #391149

split-complementary

#491D11 #114939 #112149

monochromatic

#190A06 #190A06 #491D11 #7B311D #AC4428

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.31

#491D11 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.47

#491D11 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491D11

14.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491D11	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491D11	1.00	14.31	1.47	14.31
#FFFFFF	14.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#292410

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#342E10

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#51141A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491d11;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 29, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.3% 0.071 36.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805a4f',
    500: '#491d11',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491d11;
$custom-light: #805a4f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491d11",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.857,
    "s": 62.222,
    "l": 17.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29342,
    "c": 0.07071,
    "h": 36.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491D11

secondary

#337282

accent

#C2E543

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#EFE9E7

border

#CAC5C3

text

#0B0402

muted

#7C7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #491D11

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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